Hassan II Mosque

A racist with a caffeine headache

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August 17th 2006
After a total of two months in Italy, I flew to Casablanca. As the plane was landing, I was little girl giddy, with quotes from the film scrolling through my head... "I don´t mind a parasite, I object to a cut-rate one" ...."I´m a drunkard, that makes me a citizen of the world".... and gin-joints and beautiful frienships and so on... Casablanca was obviously not destined to meet my elevated an ... read more

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In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more